Call me crazy but I want to bury a gun on some property of mine.....

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Call me crazy but I want to bury a gun on some property of mine.....

Ok I'm not a hard core 'prepper' but I see the merits of burying a firearm and small ammo stockpile just in case either SHTF or we have a "we're from the gub'ment and we're here to help" situation... And by help I mean take my firearms (Katrina) this is more for the latter than the former.

THIS IS NOT A DEBATE OVER WHAT WILL HAPPEN, IF IT WILL HAPPEN, OR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. I don't want my thread getting locked because of a flame throwing contest or political debate.

What kind of .22 long rifle would you bury?

How would you store it prior to burial?

My tentative plan is either a keltec su-22 rifle or a polymer stock ruger 10/22 with 2or3 bricks of .22 buried in a piece of PVC pipe (idk if either will fit into a 6" PVC pipe or not)

I plan on covering it with heavy oil and putting a bunch of silica gel packets in with it too.

We had a few conversations about this back in the Clinton years. One suggestion was PVC pipe of a size to fit a specific weapon (like long for a rifle) then a strong glue to put caps on with silica packs inside. Bury it along a fence line, but not too close to the house. One person talked of putting one in a stone fence end. A fence end of a circle of chicken wire filled with rocks (this is something people do here). Still using the PVC with caps. The reason they said not to put it too close to a house would be that metal detectors might find it. Buried out under a field fence would be safer. One guy thought about using a GPS and burying it on Federal land....like a park. I don't really know anyone who did it (at least no one told me) but just some late night chat.

I almost forgot. When it was dug up....just saw the end of the PVC off to retrieve it.

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If it were me, and I realize not everyone would think this way, but if I'm burying something for that purpose, I'd be more inclined to bury an AK47 as those things seem to be able to live on and on and it can be used for hunting and for defense. Just my thought.

"He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wolf of the Steppes. He had learned a good deal . . . and was a fairly clever fellow. What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life. The cause of this apparently was that at the bottom of his heart he knew all the time (or thought he knew) that he was in reality not a man, but a wolf of the Steppes."

I would cosmoline the gun first, and add a small cleaning kit to store with it. A .22 LR would be easy... cleaning rod, cleaning solvent, oil or grease. Then seal it well in plastic with silica packs ... sucking all air I could out of it, and then putting into PVC, or something similar. I'ld consider a handgun to go a long with it. Ammo to me , is another issue.

How you mark / remember so you can relocate where it is, would be a bit important. GPS means you'ld be assuming the satellite system is going to always be functional, and you'ld have a functional GPS, and that you could keep the coordinates without anyone else getting them. I'ld probably recommend the Jesse James or Blackbeard methods.

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I am thinking .22 because I could store over 2k rounds for under $100, total cost will be about $400 with 4bricks of .22, the ruger and pipe.... I'm thinking the .22 because i feel that since I'm burying it I don't want to spend a lot of money on it since I'm just leaving it there

The shrink wrap is a good idea but I would use something like the Food Saver and vacuum package it along with a couple of desiccant packs then into the PVC pipe. While I was on active duty I was detailed to inspect firearms that had been stored for ten years in a similar manner, all were inspected and found to be corrosion free. Just be sure to pad any sharp areas to prevent piercing the bag.

I am really into effective long term waterproof storage. Just one of several hundred completely bizarre personal interests of mine.

A few years ago I was sold on the PVC pipe method and it IS still as effective today as it was then.

There are some more modern ways of accomplishing the same task these days and they can accomodate things that would not really fit into a length of PVC.

One FANTASTIC product is the SILICONE SELF FUSING TAPE.

Your hands need to be clean when you use it. Wash them first a few times to eliminate skin oils.

Carefully tape the object by pulling and stretching and overlapping the tape upon itself. Completely cover the object. Don't miss any spots.

After 24 hours the tape fuses to itself. It does not just "stick" to itself....it morphs into itself. It really does!

Your tape covering actually becomes a one piece waterproof skin that does not stick to the object and yet is easily removed.

I actually took a portable radio and wrapped it in silicone self fusing tape. I waited a full day and then put it into a bucket of water weighted down with a brick for a week and when I removed the tape the radio was bone dry and it worked perfectly.

The tape I used was 3M Brand but, there is other stuff out there by other manufacturers. So I can only vouch for the 3M Brand since that is the one I actually tested first hand.

I have not as yet done a long term on the Silicone tape but you would be doubly safe popping it into aloksak just to be 100% certain that your object will stay dry.

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